History

Dale Barnett started learning the sheet metal trade working for Smith Brothers Sheet Metal in Payson in 1948. In 1950, he closed the business for a leave of duty in the Army during the Korean War. He returned in 1953, continuing his sheet metal experience working at Smith Sheet Metal in Spanish Fork.

Dale started a sheet metal business in 1954 in Payson, later naming it Payson Sheet Metal. His original shop was an old chicken coop building and a year later he built the new modern shop. His first jobs were installing furnaces in residential homes. He later worked on commercial buildings throughout Utah.

In 1965, the company saw a need for testing, adjusting, and balancing of fan systems in commercial buildings. In 1976, Payson Sheet Metal added an Energy Management Program in telephone buildings along with sheet metal and testing, adjusting and balancing work. The Energy Management Program brought about energy savings in the existing buildings. The three goals of the Energy Management Program were comfort, upgrading mechanical systems, and saving energy.

In 1976, Payson Sheet Metal started working on BYU campus buildings and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Temples worldwide. Payson Sheet Metal has continued the same type of work for 66 years. Payson Sheet Metal received the National SMACNA Contractor of the Year award for all of the United States and Canada in 1996. The shop building was remodeled in 2009 and now employs 16 people who continue traveling the world to work on Temples and other buildings.

Gary DeGraw was named president in 1994 and held that position until retiring. Rusty Barnett is the current president of PSM.

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